Transient Analysis of Tight Gas Well Performance - More Case Histories

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3747-3761

  Arévalo Villagrán, Jorge A ^a   Cinco Ley, Heber ^a   Wattenbarger, Robert A ^b   García Hernández, Francisco ^a   Samaniego Verduzco, Fernando ^c  

^a PEMEX   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

LINEAR ANALYSIS;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142276463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84476-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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